3.5" Wide, Pliosaurus (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England

Wide, Pliosaurus (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England #171230

This is a 3.5" wide vertebra centrum of the giant Pliosaur (Stretosaurus cf. macromerus) from Abingdon, England. This is the centrum of the vertebrae. The processes are missing and the cortical bone is weathered along both faces of the body.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

Pliosaurus is a genus of large carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Pliosauroidea, a clade of short-necked plesiosaurs. They were an apex predator during the Middle Jurassic period, when seas covered Europe.

This is Liopleurodon ferox, a species of Pliosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com).